Candlesticks take pride of place thanks to Austen connection

A handsome pair of Regency period Egyptian Revival silver candlesticks with a Jane Austen connection sold well above hopes at Lacy Scott & Knight in Bury St Edmunds on June 14.

Moorcroft carp vase nets auction record

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase

Summer special

It’s a perfect time to get out and

SUMMER FAIRS CALENDAR: July 1 -September 30

This is a brief selection of art and

Moorcroft returns to family control for first time in nearly 20 years

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a

Alan Turing papers add up to £358,000 hammer

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates

Munn jewels to go on long-term V&A display

Highlights from Geoffrey Munn’s personal collection of historical

Carved oak chair stolen from Bucks church

An 18th century carved oak chair has been

Dobson self-portrait to be shared between London museums after private treaty sale

A rare self-portrait by William Dobson (1611-46) has

Bonhams Skinner settles in at ‘better Boston location’

senior vice president and general manager Robin Starr

Precious metals

On Friday, June 20, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in brief

Coin stash was hidden in a wall

Ruffler ruffles a few feathers at £230,000

An early 17th century shaped linen ruffler, believed

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In Numbers 18ct

Two men have been jailed for stealing the

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Bank vault opens to reveal treasures ‘from Scandinavian aristocracy’

Oxfordshire sale includes minaudière designed as an alternative to traditional handbags – plus a more conventional ‘French Jazz Age’ evening bag

Indian bowl rarely seen on the market causes a stir

This unusual 19th-century Indian enamel-on-copper footed bowl soared

How a Georgian house hid a tea caddy

The fashion for tea caddies and other boxes

Painter whose passage to India proved to be a difficult process

Devis survived a shipwreck but then spent a decade creating portraits and views of the local landscape

Sparks flies way above estimate

A Native of Sierra Leone , a rare

Tibet caught on film and canvas

Photo albums contain some of the first images of the remote country plus enthronement of the Dalai Lama

House calls

The third edition of Treasure House Fair carries on the long tradition of summer events in London, as Stewart Cumiskey reports – with a selection of highlights to savour

Sneak peek

This summer, a diverse range of noteworthy lots will go under the hammer at auction houses across the UK. Over the following pages, Gabriel Berner and Roland Arkell spotlight some of these – from a flag flown at the Battle of Trafalgar and a recently attributed painting by Artemisia Gentileschi to a medieval encyclopaedia and a collection of mustard pots assembled by a former Eton housemaster.

Classic Art London

ten works to see at

Dealer delights this summer

A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further – here is a selection compiled

Turner prized

Many works by the great British artist are now owned by institutions but smaller paintings and sketches are common sights at salerooms, as

JMW to buy or just to look

A number of dealers are marking JMW Turner’s 250th anniversary by offering works by the artist at exhibitions this summer. Here is a selection

Double helping

Whether captivated by exquisite jewellery or the clean lines and tactile allure of British studio pottery, the V&A’s two summer exhibitions are not to be missed. Gabriel Berner reports

A selection of summer shows

We sample a range of exhibitions taking place this summer – from a show on Second World War maps in Edinburgh to a display of Lucian Freud’s etchings at Titanic Belfast, a dive into the Picture Post archives in Cardiff, and a Magna Carta exhibition in London exploring the lesser-known Charter of the Forest.

Our new show on Broadway

Lennox and Sue Cato tell us why they are making a move from Kent to the Cotswolds

Dealers hold antiquities showcases

London is host to two stand-out antiquities exhibitions.

Serhat Ahmet’s summer show

The summer exhibition from European porcelain specialist Serhat

Victor Pasmore representation

Hazlitt Holland Hibbert has announced that it will

Plenty of comings and goings at the Cecil Court art and books hub

Changes are afoot in the art and book

Buyer takes the underground

Meissen decoration linked to mining is not a rare sight but a cachepot with cavern scene is sought after

Rare work by short-lived artist

Study of a Real Chestnut Tree , €90,000

Visionary landscape painter

The Salvator Mundi drawing attributed to Leonardo da

Blaschkas recreated marine life as intricate glass models

The Bohemian glassmaker Leopold Blaschka’s fascination with marine

Porcelain producer was regarded as rival to Sèvres

A coffee service by Nast, €7000 (£5930) at

International Sales

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The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

Swallow celebrates 30 years

Fairs organiser run by the Burgoin family started with a single event but now operates at several venues

In with the Old as vintage booms

Alan Old, founder of So Last Century fairs

Talking about our generation

Three of the youngest members of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s prove that a love of antiques and auction house work is alive and well in the next generation.